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Explain and describe the danger and the difficulties faced by soldiers on the Western front.
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1. Explain and describe the danger and the difficulties faced by soldiers on the Western front. After the bloody battle at the town of Ypres in October to November 1914, the Germans suffered very heavy casualties. And just after a month of battle, they had about 20,000 of Germans finest troops were kill and 80,000 wounded while the British only had 8000. The "war of movement" ended on 22nd of November and both sides now had dug themselves trenches and here attempts were made to prepare men for life in the trenches and starts dealing with problems such as lice, trench foot, trench rats, poison gas, and many other dangers and difficulties.... Men in the trenches suffered from lice. They created a sour; stale smell and as one soldier described them "As we sat up in bed watching the shirt he had taken off and put it on the floor it actually...
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